RASHMINA HIRENKUMAR PATEL vs NIMESHBHAI HARISHBHAI SHAH Advocate - A P PARMAR — 100/2025

Summary The 3rd Additional Sessions Judge at Surat, Bardoli dismissed a Criminal Revision Application challenging a summoning order in a cheque bounce case under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The court held that a partner in a firm cannot escape criminal liability merely by not signing the cheque or claiming to be a "sleeping partner"—both partners share joint and several liability for firm transactions, and the defenses raised are matters of evidence for trial, not grounds for quashing at the summoning stage. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.